Test Prep ELA

Read the sentences. Which word correctly completes the last sentence? Barry was disappointed. He wanted to play baseball, but all his friends were busy. Because he did not want to waste the beautiful summer day, ( I / he / they ) decided to go swimming instead.

• I

• he

• they

Read the sentence.

Monday is Labor Day so students will not be in school.

Where should a comma be placed to correct the sentence?

• after Monday

• after Day

• after so

• after students

Read a student’s paragraph about orangutans.

_________ These giant apes live in trees most of the time, and they can move from branch to branch easily. They swing through the trees using their long arms, long fingers, and toes. Some male orangutans have an arm span of about 7.5 feet. Their hands and feet are like human hands and feet because they have an opposable thumb and a big toe for grasping objects.

What is the best topic sentence for the paragraph?

• Orangutans have special features to help them survive.

• Orangutans prefer the forests on the island of Borneo.

• Orangutans are similar to humans in many ways.

• Orangutans live in Southeast Asia.

The MOST important details in a fiction text usually include

• The characters favorite things, foods, and shows

• Main characters, events, problems, and solutions

• Every character ever introduced

• Facts, data, and statistics

What is the meaning of the underlined word?

• the school clinic

• comfortable

• good health

• great pain

When choosing your test answer, you should...

• Play eeny meeny miny moe

• Read every possible answer carefully, the best one could be the last

• Always go for the first answer choice

• Make sure it is not the same letter choice as the answer before

When a question is difficult, what should you do?

• Look for key words that will give you clues to finding the right answer

• Eliminate answers you know are not correct

• Always read words that are in BOLD, italics, and underlined carefully

• All of the above

Author's tone refers to...

• an author's background information

• an author's perspective or attitude about a topic

• an author's writing style

• an author's choice of text structure(s)

True or False - A summary has your opinion included in it.

• True

• False

A theme is...

• What the text is mostly about

• Message or moral of the story

• The opinion of the author

• Evidence from the text